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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 17.60Antya 17.62

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.61

কাহাঁ গেলে তোমা পাই, তুমি কহ, — তাহাঁ যাই”, এত কহি’ চলিলা ধাঞা ।

স্বরূপ উঠি’ কোলে করি’, প্রভুরে আনিল ধরি’, নিজস্থানে বসাইলা লৈঞা ॥ ৬১ ॥

kāhāṅ gele tomā pāi, tumi kaha, — tāhāṅ yāi”,

eta kahi’ calilā dhāñā

svarūpa uṭhi’ kole kari’, prabhure ānila dhari’,

nija-sthāne vasāilā laiñā

Translation

“Where shall I go? Where can I find You? Please tell Me. I shall go there.” Speaking in this way, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began running. But Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī stood up, caught Him and took Him on his lap. Then Svarūpa Dāmodara brought Him back to His place and made Him sit down.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Longing Met with Tender Care

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked where He could find Kṛṣṇa and declared that He would go there.

  2. 2

    Speaking in this way, He began running. Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī stood up, caught Him and took Him on his lap.

  3. 3

    Svarūpa Dāmodara then brought Him back to His place and made Him sit down. His response was one of immediate, practical care.

How it feels

Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.

The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kāhāṅwhere
  2. gelegoing
  3. tomāYou
  4. pāiI can get
  5. tumiYou
  6. kahaplease tell
  7. tāhāṅthere
  8. yāiI shall go
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī’s response to the Lord’s intense longing?

Practice

Offer one small act of practical care to someone who needs support today.

Live this todayLonging Met with Tender CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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